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Is it generally feasible to increase the capacity of surviving links dramatically "simply" by upgrading the equipment on land to the newest/most expensive stuff
by tpmx 4y ago
Is it generally feasible to increase the capacity of surviving links dramatically "simply" by upgrading the equipment on land to the newest/most expensive stuff? Or would you need to upgrade all the repeaters in the sea as well?
- mschuster91 4y agoFascinatingly, I had thought the same as you, but it seems at least some submarine cables can be upgraded after installation, e.g. EIG [1] and AJC [2]. No idea what they do with the repeaters though, the distances involved in these cables are definitely higher than the 100km spacing repeaters have [3]. Maybe someone can chime in with direct experience? [1] https://www.submarinenetworks.com/en/systems/asia-europe-africa/eig/eig-cable-system-upgrades-with-additional-24-3tbps-capacity https://www.submarinenetworks.com/en/systems/asia-europe-afr... [2] https://www.computerworld.com/article/3485615/capacity-upgrade-for-australia-japan-submarine-cable.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3485615/capacity-upgra... [3] https://www.networkworld.com/article/2235353/the-incredible-international-submarine-cable-systems.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/2235353/the-incredible-...